In the Realm Within a Realm, deep into the night.
Luo Feng and the other four had temporarily joined the Northern Dragon City faction. The entire central area of the plains was mainly divided into five major factions.
Within the Northern Dragon City faction.
“Senior brother, these are the Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God I mentioned before.” Luo Feng’s group of five were currently talking with the people from Northern Dragon City, while He Ruo introduced both sides. “This is my senior brother, Ka Shanlun.”
“So you are the two people who saved my junior brothers. Thank you. Oh, I have something important to deal with, so let junior brother He Ruo entertain you.” Ka Shanlun smiled and left immediately. He was extremely thin, only about 1.5 metres tall, with faint green light flickering in his eyes. His entire body carried an intense killing aura.
Watching Ka Shanlun leave.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God looked at each other. Clearly, this person had never really cared about them. It was probably only because of He Ruo’s reputation that he had come over for a moment.
“My senior brother is just like this, don’t take it to heart.” He Ruo explained.
“It’s fine.” Luo Feng smiled.
“Our Northern Dragon City faction has around 2,100 people in total. Every 100 people are divided into one formation. This is mainly to prevent chaos from breaking out.” He Ruo pointed around. The adventurers nearby were gathered in groups of 100, so if one formation encountered trouble, it would not affect the others.
“Where do you want to go? There are currently six formations with fewer people.” He Ruo smiled.
“Try to place us closer to your Northern Dragon City organisation’s own formation.” Luo Feng said.
“Alright, no problem.”
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The 18th formation of the Northern Dragon City faction was where Luo Feng and the others were currently located.
The next morning.
After spending most of the night chatting with the other members of the formation, Luo Feng and his group learned quite a bit of information.
“So the treasure is there!” Luo Feng looked towards the centre surrounded by the five major factions. There was a deep blue castle built on the plains.
“The five major factions’ guess makes sense.” Thunder God nodded. “The entire Realm Within a Realm contains natural environments like swamps, deserts, lakes, plains, mountains, and grasslands. The only artificial structure is this castle. It is also built at the very centre of the Realm Within a Realm. Above it is the light sphere. A castle in such a location is indeed very likely to be where the treasure is hidden.”
“The treasure!”
“The treasure is inside the castle, but the five factions do not dare to act.” Luo Feng shook his head.
Hong smiled. “That is normal. At the beginning, the five factions did not have many people in the central area. They were worried that if they fought, a large number of unaffiliated adventurers would benefit from their conflict. So they started recruiting more people. One faction recruited, and the other four did the same. They are all waiting for the right opportunity to fight for it.”
“I wonder when they will make their move.” Thunder God muttered.
“They are not in a hurry. The vanguard of the 2 million army outside has probably only just entered the Realm Within a Realm.” Luo Feng smiled. “It will take around seven days for them to fly from the edge of the Realm Within a Realm to the core area.”
“So the battle will most likely break out within seven days!”
Luo Feng’s prediction was correct. On the third day after they joined the Northern Dragon City faction, something major happened.
Within the Realm Within a Realm, the white light sphere floated high in the sky, casting down rays of light.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless black shadows suddenly flew towards the five major factions from afar.
“So many people?”
“Why did so many people suddenly appear?”
The five factions all became restless.
Luo Feng mixed among the crowd and looked up. With a glance, he roughly confirmed the number. “There are around six hundred people? And from the looks of it, they should belong to the same force. Six hundred people is enough to completely affect the balance between the five factions.”
The tens of thousands of adventurers from the five factions whispered among themselves.
“Black Dragon Mountain, Saqisen pays respects to His Ninth Highness!”
A loud voice resounded through the sky.
“Greetings, Your Ninth Highness!”
The voices were perfectly synchronised, as if the heavens themselves were roaring. A large group of people from the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land bowed respectfully at the same time.
Above them, the six hundred people surrounded a fair-skinned young man. The young man stood in mid-air, his eyes sharp like lightning as he looked around. His voice spread to every person below.
“I, the Ninth Prince of the Empire, Brolin, wish to obtain this treasure. Anyone who blocks me will die!”
Silence!
The five factions became completely silent.
The Black Dragon Mountain faction naturally supported the Ninth Prince, because the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land was the foundation of the imperial family.
The other four factions were thrown into confusion.
“Impressive.”
Among the crowd, Luo Feng looked at the arrogant Ninth Prince in the sky and felt amazed.
“This Ninth Prince did not appear at the beginning. Instead, he continuously gathered people in the surrounding areas, then appeared suddenly at the critical moment. He instantly increased the strength of the Black Dragon Mountain side and caught the other four factions off guard.”
……
On the plains, the other four factions began discussing in low voices.
“Your Ninth Highness.” A powerful voice came from the Hundred Tiger Tower faction.
A sturdy young man with two curved black horns on his forehead looked up at the Ninth Prince and spoke loudly.
“This treasure of the Realm Within a Realm, wanting to swallow it all alone, is that not too…”
“Chi!”
A dazzling white light instantly pierced through the sturdy young man, causing his head to disappear completely.
Silence!
The five factions were completely stunned.
Everyone could still faintly see the afterimage of the white light.
Everyone understood what had happened.
Just now, a laser weapon had killed the leader of Hundred Tiger Tower.
……
Among the crowd.
Luo Feng’s group of five were shocked.
“The speed was too fast. That laser weapon seemed to have no charging time. It fired instantly.” Thunder God said quietly.
“It was indeed fast, an instant kill.” Luo Feng was secretly shocked.
Back then, he had used a B6-grade laser cannon to attack the Golden Horned Beast. That laser cannon required a certain amount of time to charge before firing. However, the laser just now had appeared without any warning.
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In the sky.
Behind Ninth Prince Brolin stood nine guards. Each of them held a weapon about three metres long, with a diameter of around thirty centimetres, resembling an enlarged version of a single-soldier rocket launcher from Earth.
“Let me introduce them.”
“C2-grade laser guns, nine of them. These are the latest models I just obtained.”
The Ninth Prince looked down and noticed the pale expressions of the leaders of the other factions. He could not help but smile.
“The power is impressive. One shot is enough to kill a second-order Universe-level expert. I brought a few of them with me for safety when I came to the Thunder World for the trainee assessment. I never expected to encounter something like the Realm Within a Realm.”
“I believe no one will stop me, right?”
Ninth Prince Brolin looked across the several major factions below.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Nine C2-grade laser guns.
Ordinary energy weapons reaching the C-grade level were already considered top-tier weapons. They were extremely difficult to purchase, and even if one could buy them, the price was astronomical.
A single C2-grade laser gun was worth almost as much as a first or second-order Universe-level slave.
A priceless weapon!
“Very good. Everyone is cooperating.” The Ninth Prince smiled and descended. The six hundred people followed behind him.
Then, the Ninth Prince led his six hundred people, along with the large number of people from the Black Dragon Mountain faction, directly towards the castle in a grand procession.
The other four factions hesitated slightly, but they also followed after a short delay and moved towards the castle.
Luo Feng’s group of five mixed into the Northern Dragon City faction.
“Damn, are we just letting him take it?” Thunder God widened his eyes.
“It is frustrating.” Luo Feng looked at the figure in the distance at the front.
“He has nine C2-grade laser guns. His peak combat strength can be said to be invincible. He also has three to four thousand people under his command. With both strength and manpower, plus his identity as a prince of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, he can kill the elites of those organisations without hesitation.” Hong shook his head. “Now that his momentum has been established, nobody can stop him.”
Luo Feng and the others could only watch.
……
The Northern Dragon City, Black Cloud Society, Hundred Tiger Tower, and Ice Sea Divine Kingdom factions could only watch helplessly as this happened.
Without any Universe-level adventurers present, those nine C2-grade laser guns were absolutely terrifying deterrent weapons. Whoever they targeted could not escape.
If he only had nine laser guns, they would not be enough to intimidate tens of thousands of adventurers from the four factions. The main reason was that he also had three to four thousand people under his command.
“Stop!”
Ninth Prince Brolin raised his left hand.
The Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land forces stopped.
The other four factions could only stop as well.
Among the distant crowd.
“He looks really impressive.” Thunder God whispered.
“This is momentum. The overall situation has already been formed.” Hong sighed.
“No one can stop him anymore.” Luo Feng silently watched.
After Ninth Prince Brolin gave the order, all the factions stopped moving. The Ninth Prince then brought his nine guards towards the castle.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, he slowly and cautiously approached the castle.
“Sambi, open the castle for me.” Ninth Prince Brolin pointed towards the castle.
“Yes.”
One of the guards behind him respectfully replied.
The curly-haired guard wore a black alloy battle suit. Suddenly, his helmet formed automatically and covered his entire body.
The guard carefully walked towards the ancient castle that had stood there for millions of years without anyone opening it.
The castle gate was twelve metres high and eight metres wide.
The guard reached the gate, placed both hands on it, and suddenly exerted force.
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Tens of thousands of adventurers stared at the castle.
Ninth Prince Brolin also stared at the castle, a hint of excited redness appearing on his face.
Among the crowd, Luo Feng and the others watched from afar as the guard pushed the door.
……
As the guard exerted force, the castle gate trembled slightly. Dust and fragments fell from various places.
“Zzzt!”
Countless electric snakes suddenly erupted from all parts of the castle. Massive amounts of lightning surrounded the entire structure.
Almost instantly, before the guard could retreat, the lightning had already pierced through his body.
Like hair being burnt, with a sizzling sound, the guard directly turned into ashes, leaving only his red-hot alloy battle suit behind.
This scene shocked all tens of thousands of adventurers.
“This…” Ninth Prince Brolin also broke out in a cold sweat. His body flashed and he retreated into the group of guards behind him.
If he had personally pushed the door, he would probably have died as well.
The electric snakes continued flowing around the castle.
The lightning became stronger and stronger.
Gradually, the entire castle transformed into a lightning castle, bathing in endless lightning.
From afar, Luo Feng and the others were also shocked as they watched the scene before them.